Return 2

I sighed heavily and continued watching the Tv like I had seen nothing. I took another bite from my cereal and then looked up to see an interesting news title. It read, 'Where are the king and queen?' Six feet under that's where, right where they belong. I was a little sad after hearing that the queen was killed, but what can you do? She was a literal tyrant, just not very tyrant-y on the outside.

The news reporter made it a point of interest to highlight how long it had been since she last made a public decision or just a public showing in general. Then the news reporter invited all of her viewers to go and check out her website to post their theories. The king and queen have been gone for too long. It's raising suspicions, but I bet Loveleheim just thinks her parents forgot about her and aren't contacting her, which is a kind of sad.

But what can I do? It's up to great-pa when he wants to reveal his family's new status. Leona was still hiding out in the room, away from me. I knew she was still awake. Leona was probably faking, like she was sleeping just to avoid me. Ouch. That hurts my feelings, leaving fractured my relationship with my friends fractured. How do I rebuild my friendships? I don't even know how to repair something like that. I'm so nervous about class, I sit right next to Brian in the back of the class.

I finished my bow of cereal and continued watching TV with a blanket while watching the sunrise slowly from behind the TV. the sky turned pink and shades of blue and orange. It was a beautiful sunrise. Leona peeked outside the door. I coil to see her. "You know I can see you, right?" I asked her, just trying to start a conversation. She walked outside the door silently. I got the silent treatment and she wouldn't speak to me, no matter how hard I tried.

Even though I know she can speak perfectly fine now, she won't speak to me. "Listen, I'm sorry that I left. It wasn't my choice. I know that it wasn't the right way to leave, but I'm truly sorry now. I wasn't thinking about how it would affect you and was being selfish. I'm sorry."

She dropped the spoon she was eating her fruit-flavored cereal with and looked at me. "I want to forgive you, but I just can't understand. Why couldn't you at least tell us you were going or where you were going for such a long time? You broke up with Brian and just left. Not a call, not a single goodbye. You just. Left, you disappeared like you never wanted to see and of us ever again."

"I cared about all of you. I just didn't think any of you wanted to hear from me when I left like that. To be honest, I never thought I was going to come back, ever." Leona made a grunting sound, and we stayed in silence once again. I then got ready for school, brushing my teeth and getting ready bringing my sword so I can put it in my locker once I get there.

So I made sure I had everything and stepped outside and started walking to my locker subconsciously. I went to my locker and found Brian waiting there with a dazed look on his face. He then looked up, hearing my footsteps walking towards him. Brian ran to me and gave me a hug. I hugged him back in response. What was I supposed to say? I didn't have to say anything, apparently, and he kept hugging me for a long time. When he pulled back I saw him with a gleaming smile so white I was on the verge of squinting.

"You're back!" "What? You're not mad at me? You don't hate me?" I asked him, confused, "Of course I don't. I'm just happy you're back." I smiled in return, "I'm glad to be back too, so how has life been treating you?" "Pretty boring, it's just been the same schedule with nothing interesting happening in the past couple of months." He took a short pause. "So, how's life been going for you?"

"It's been going pretty s*** I got struck by lightning and have been on an insane training regiment for months." "Well damn, I was wondering how you got white streaks in your hair again. Looks like it took a really big toll on you." "Yeah, it did. What clued you in? The white hair? Or the vags under my eyes that are worse than ever."

"A little of both." "Huh, sounds like a bad situation, well you're back now! We should be celebrating!" We walked together to the combat class, my least favorite class, with my least favorite teacher. I caught stares of attention in the hallways, mostly new kids doing a double-take seeing my appearance. Since they were new, they probably had no idea why all the upperclassmen had white streaks in their hair and most with some sort of scar.

We walked past the hallway with the mural inside of it. I saw a sliver of it and continued walking forward. "Oh, and by the way, Loveleheim came back to the school some months ago right after you left. She's been pretty depressed since her parents, you know…"

I nodded while looking around, trying to make sure no one was listening in on the conversation. "Yeah, she thinks her parents disowned her or something for not supporting the war. I wanted to tell her that her parents were dead but she should find out when everyone else finds out. "

"I'd rather think my parents disowned me rather than they're dead," I said, agreeing with his reasoning. He threw me a weird look. "I got the best of both worlds, though." He gave me a weird look. "Don't give me that look. It was funny." Unfortunately, he didn't see the comedy in it.

"Am I even allowed to laugh at that? Because that was dark." "Yes, you're allowed to laugh. It was a joke."